Orange County Indexed
The Cozart surname
The Cozart name in Orange County Indexed: 93 historical records and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1784 to 1879
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1784–1796
- Deeds 1784–1872
- Tax lists 1790
- Marriages 1791–1879
- Wills 1806–1844
- Records of enslaved people 1809–1825
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Camp Creek (7), Flat River (5), Dials Creek (5), Hillsborough (3), Ellerbe Creek (2), Reeds Creek (2), Durham (2), New Road (2)
- Married into
- Carrington 4, Bowling 2, Parrish 2, Armstrong 1, Brinkley 1, Carnal 1, Vickers 1, Mangum 1, Hampton 1, Horton 1, Lunsford 1, Murdock 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Carrington 7, Davis 6, Mangum 4, Brinkley 3, Parrish 3, Harris 3, Parker 2, Tilley 2, Brown 2, Taylor 2
- Spellings to try
- Cozort, Corzart, Cozzart, Cazart
- Search beyond these records
- Cozart in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Cozart there)
- Cozart in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Cozart family family, 1 work
In the historical records 93 records
35 deeds, 6 records of enslaved people, 28 marriages, 19 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 4 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Cozart marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1784DeedsJohn Brown to James Cozart, 28 July 1784
- 1784Court minutesDeed, John Brown to James Cozart, proved by Jacob Cozart.
- 1785DeedsArthur Mangum to James Cozart, 9 May 1785
- 1785Court minutesAnthony Cozart became overseer from Flat River to Granville Line.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded executor James Hogg £12.1.0 plus costs against Jno Taylor.
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Anthony Cozart (St. Mary’s District)
- 1791MarriagesMarriage bond: Rhyley Vickers and Mary Cozart
- 1792DeedsWilliam Brinkley to William Cozart, 4 May 1792
- 1792MarriagesMarriage bond: William Cozart and Holley Mangum
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: Nowlin Hampton and Winifred Cozart
- 1794DeedsAnthony Cozart to William Tatom, 3 October 1794
- 1795DeedsNorth Carolina to David Cozart, 16 July 1795
- 1795DeedsWilliam Cozart to Michael Caray, 27 December 1795
- 1796DeedsAnthony Cozart to Michael Carey, 21 November 1796
- 1796DeedsHugh Harris to Anthony Cozart, 21 November 1796
- 1796DeedsJames Cozart to John Taylor, 31 October 1796
- 1796MarriagesMarriage bond: James Cozart and Sarah Brinkley
- 1796Court minutesWm Rider recovered damages and costs against Wm Nash on appeal.
- 1796Court minutesThe court forfeited absent witnesses’ recognizances in the prosecution of Picket, reduced the penalty and ordered execution.
1800s
- 1800DeedsNorth Carolina to Jesse Cozart, 11 September 1800
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: William Horton and Lively Cozart
- 1806WillsWill of James (x) Cozart
- 1808DeedsDavid Cozart to George Copley, November 1808
- 1809Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Anthony Cozart to Josiah Davis, 20 May 1809
- 1809WillsBill of sale: Anthony (x) Cozart to Josiah Davis
1810s
- 1810DeedsAnthony Cozart to Robert Cozart Sr, 24 February 1810
- 1810Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Anthony Cozart to Robert Cozart Sr, 24 February 1810
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: William Cozart and Dicey Carrington
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: William Lunsford and Edy Cozart
- 1812DeedsAnthony Cozart to James Cozart, 25 May 1812
- 1812Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Anthony Cozart to James Cozart, 25 May 1812
- 1813DeedsAnthony Cozart to Isaiah Davis, 28 December 1813
- 1813DeedsAnthony Cozart to Isaiah Davis, 28 December 1813
- 1813Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Anthony Cozart to Isaiah Davis, 28 December 1813
- 1813Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Anthony Cozart to Isaiah Davis, 28 December 1813
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Cozart and Charlotte Carrington
- 1816DeedsAnthony Cozart to Alexander Brinkley, 13 May 1816
1820s
- 1820DeedsSutherland May to James Cozart, 10 January 1820
- 1820MarriagesMarriage bond: David Cozart and Polly Carrington
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: James Cozart and Polly Murdock
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: Yancy Bowling and Polly Cozart
- 1823DeedsDavid B Cozart to William Lunsford, 1 September 1823
- 1823DeedsDavid B Cozart to Francis Epperson, 24 June 1823
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: John Horner and Sarah Cozart
- 1825DeedsWilliam Cozart to Abner Parker & Nathaniel Carrington, 16 May 1825
- 1825Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Cozart to Abner Parker, Nathaniel Carrington, 16 May 1825
- 1826DeedsAnthony Cozart by admnistrator & Sheriff to Robert Cozart, 28 August 1826
- 1826DeedsRobert Cozart to William Cozart, 29 August 1826
- 1826DeedsWilliam Cozart to Daniel C Meadows, 5 September 1826
- 1826DeedsRobert Cozart to Nathaniel M Carrington, 26 October 1826
- 1826MarriagesMarriage bond: Moses Carnal and Rebeckah Cozart
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: Riley Cozart and Halley Carrington
1830s
- 1830DeedsJames Cozart to Rankin McKee trustee & William H Hall, 13 October 1830
- 1831WillsWill of Nathaniel Carrington
- 1834MarriagesMarriage bond: Brodie Cozart and Mary Ann Johnston
- 1835DeedsJacob Cozart to Henderson Tilley, 6 September 1835
- 1835DeedsBrawdy Cozart to Abner Parker trustee & Jefferson Horner trustee, 22 July 1835
- 1835DeedsEllison G Mangum to Brawdy Cozart, 22 July 1835
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: David B Cozart and Rebecca Watson
- 1837DeedsBracaudic Cozart to Littleton Teasly, 5 October 1837
- 1838MarriagesMarriage bond: Simeon Cozart and Parthinia Armstrong
- 1839DeedsDavid B Cozart to Hinton Mangum trustee & Doctor C Parrish and Roberts and Co, June 1839
- 1839DeedsJames C Cozart to Henderson Tilley, 23 August 1839
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: John Bowling and Christiana Cozart
- 1842DeedsDavid B Cozart to Doctor C Parrish, 12 April 1842
- 1844WillsWill of Priscilla (x) Carrington
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: Green Taylor and Sally Cozart
1860s
1870s
- 1872DeedsJ T Driver & Nancy A Driver to B H Cozart, 16 March 1872
- 1872DeedsJames K Redmon to B H Cozart, 3 April 1872
- 1873MarriagesMarriage license: Thomas C Cozart and Bettie F Walker
- 1873MarriagesMarriage license: Dennis Tilly and Rebecca Cozart
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: George Washington and Reanna Cozart
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: Brown Freeland and Bettie Cozart
- 1876MarriagesMarriage license: Benjamin Johnson and Sarah Cozart
- 1877MarriagesMarriage license: William Lyon and Dilly Cozart
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: David Parrish and Sallie Cozart
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: George Stevens and Ida Cozart
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: Edwin Cozart and Mary Bowers Parrish
Undated
- Court minutesJames Young brought a debt claim against Francis Cozart.
- Court minutesJames Scarlett entered a bond with Anthony Cozart and Wm. Fitch.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Clement Bunch to Anthony Cozart.
- Court minutesEleven named people were ordered to lay out a road from Davis’ Shop on Flat River to Hillsbo’.
- Court minutesDeed, Arthur Mangum to James Cozart, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court appointed sixteen men to survey a route from Davises Shop across the public Flat River bridge to Hillsborough and report next t…
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the executed venire naming summoned jurors.
- Court minutesJoseph Taylor recovered damages against John Carrington for unperformed covenants; an appeal was requested with Wm Mangum and Wm Cozart a…
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Laws as road overseer.
- Court minutesJurors found James Thomason did not detain enslaved Ritty as alleged by Sarah Cozart.
- Court minutesThe jury decided Robert Cozart’s action in favor of Edward Harris.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Anthony Cozart to James Cozart, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesWilliam Horton received until the next term to return the sales account for Hyram Cozart’s estate.
